IPL 2025: What is the Highest Score In Powerplays This Season?
Sunrisers Hyderabad Tops the List
After joining the Indian Premier League back in 2013, the Sunrisers Hyderabad quickly developed a reputation as one of the best bowling attacks around, renowned for their ability to defend low totals thanks to impressive death bowling.
However, as the years have passed, we have seen a change in SRH's major strength, with the side now possessing one of the fiercest batting lineups in the game. Much of that shift was led by David Warner, who won the Orange Cap three times in the space of five years between 2015 and 2019.
Last season, the Sunrisers produced arguably the most incredible batting display seen in the IPL, scoring 287/3 against RCB - the highest innings total in the competition's history. This year, SRH almost did it again but came up one run short of their record, this time against Rajasthan in their first match of the tournament.
That match against the Royals also marked the current record for the most runs scored in the powerplay this season, with the Hyderabad outfit smashing 94/1 in the first six overs, led by Ishan Kishan, who went on to post the first century of IPL 18.
SRH now hold three of the top five powerplay scores in the history of the IPL!
Unfortunately for Pat Cummins’s side, they were unable to build on that sensational start to the competition, losing four of their next five games. They are set to face Mumbai on Wednesday, so be sure to take a look at our MI vs. SRH prediction ahead of the toss.
To date, the Kolkata Knight Riders managed the second highest runs tally in powerplays in 2025, scoring 90/1 against the Lucknow Super Giants, while at the opposite end of the table, the Chennai Super Kings currently hold the lowest total - 30/3 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Highest Powerplay Scores in 2025
| Rank | Team | Score | Against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 94/1 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 90/1 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 3 | Punjab Kings | 89/1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 80/0 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 5 | Rajasthan Royals | 79/1 | Chennai Super Kings |
Highest All-Time Powerplay Scores
| Rank | Team | Score | Against | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 125/0 | Delhi Capitals | 2024 |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 107/0 | Lucknow Super Giants | 2024 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 105/0 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2017 |
| 4 | Chennai Super Kings | 100/2 | Mumbai Indians | 2014 |
| 5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 94/1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2025 |
What is the Most Runs a Batsman Has Scored in a Powerplay
As shown above, the highest all-time score in a powerplay came last year when the Sunrisers faced Delhi. In that same match, we saw an unbelievable innings from Travis Head, who scored a whopping 84 runs in just 26 balls at a dizzying strike rate of 400.
However, Head’s tremendous innings against DC is not the best of all time - that honour belongs to Suresh Raina. The former CSK batsman smashed 87 off a mere 25 deliveries against Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium in the 2014 season.
Only seven of the 25 balls Raina faced did not go to the boundary!
Outside of the top two in this category, Jake Fraser McGurk comes in third place with 78 runs against Mumbai last season, Adam Gilchrist is fourth with 74 runs against Delhi back in 2009, and Faf du Plessis rounds out the top five, with 64 runs versus the Titans, also in 2024.
Check out our cricket predictions for more key stats and trends throughout the remainder of the 2025 IPL season!
